{"id":29992,"date":"2021-08-30T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodhealthtips.in\/index.php\/2021\/08\/30\/tokyo-paralympics-yogesh-kathuniya-wins-silver-in-mens-discus-throw-draws-praise-from-pm-narendra-modi\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T04:32:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T04:32:16","slug":"tokyo-paralympics-yogesh-kathuniya-wins-silver-in-mens-discus-throw-draws-praise-from-pm-narendra-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodhealthtips.in\/index.php\/2021\/08\/30\/tokyo-paralympics-yogesh-kathuniya-wins-silver-in-mens-discus-throw-draws-praise-from-pm-narendra-modi\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Paralympics: Yogesh Kathuniya wins silver in males\u2019s discus throw, attracts reward from PM Narendra Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Discus thrower Yogesh Kathuniya clinched a silver medal within the males\u2019s F56 occasion within the Paralympics in Tokyo on Monday (August 30) as athletics remained India’s glad looking floor on the Video games. The 24-year-old, a B.Com graduate from New Delhi\u2019s Kirorimal Faculty, despatched the disc to a finest distance of 44.38m in his sixth and final try and clinch the silver. On Sunday, India had picked up a silver (excessive soar) and a bronze (discus throw), which is on maintain resulting from a protest.<\/p>\n

Son of an Military man, Kathuniya suffered a paralytic assault on the age of eight which left him with coordination impairments in his limbs. Brazil\u2019s defending champion, reigning world champion and world report holder Claudiney Batista dos Santos gained the gold with a finest throw of 45.59m whereas Leonardo Diaz Aldana (43.36m) of Cuba took the bronze.<\/p>\n

PM Narendra Modi known as it an \u2018excellent efficiency\u2019 and mentioned it can inspire \u2018budding athletes\u2019. \u201cExcellent efficiency by Yogesh Kathuniya. Delighted that he brings dwelling the Silver medal. His exemplary success will inspire budding athletes. Congrats to him. Wishing him the perfect for his future endeavours,\u201d Modi tweeted.<\/p>\n

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Excellent efficiency by Yogesh Kathuniya. Delighted that he brings dwelling the Silver medal. His exemplary success will inspire budding athletes. Congrats to him. Wishing him the perfect for his future endeavours. #Paralympics<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In F56 classification, athletes have full arm and trunk muscle energy. Pelvic stability is offered by some to full capacity to press the knees collectively. He gained a bronze medal within the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships in Dubai with a finest throw of 42.51m which additionally booked him a Tokyo berth.<\/p>\n

It was throughout his time on the KMC that his potential was observed by a number of coaches and he quickly got here below the tutelage of Satyapal Singh on the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. A number of years later, he got here below the steerage of coach Naval Singh.<\/p>\n

He created a world record in F36 category<\/a> in his first ever worldwide competitors in 2018 on the Para-athletics Grand Prix in Berlin.<\/p>\n

(with PTI inputs)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n